Robbing shamelessly from the blog James sent us the link to, I have picked out this little nugget...

Technoculture and hyperreality
In his essay of the same name, Frederic Jameson called postmodernism the “cultural logic of late capitalism.” According to his logic, society has moved beyond capitalism into the information age, in which we are constantly bombarded with advertisements, videos, and product placement. Many postmodern authors reflect this in their work by inventing products that mirror actual advertisements, or by placing their characters in situations in which they cannot escape technology.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/01/27/030127fi_fiction

This seemed to follow my train of thought quite nicely and a lot easier to understand than Baudrillard!

In simply terms, nothing is real, copies of copies are being created infinitum. The information age has just pushed this to the limit and to the forefront of every ones mind, with photography, film and instant messaging forcing itself upon us every where we go.

Pastiche or 'cut and paste' art, music and literature are blooming. The postmodern obsession with 'retro' cannot re make the past it merely apes the bits it liked best. Nauseating teenages carrying retro satchels with pictures of cartoons on they never watched because its retro. No it is not retro it is hyperreal, a reality all of its own not a copy of the past because the past did really exist in that way.

So I think I am at last getting this whole simulcrum thing without all the Baudrillard waffle, phew!!

This to me is the most perfect example of pastiche postmodern music you will ever hear, I hope the link works! (If it doesn't please let me know and I will try it again)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dj+yoda+how+to+cut+and+paste&oq=dj+yoda&gs_l=youtube.1.2.0l10.2548.4487.0.6968.7.6.0.1.1.0.95.518.6.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.ToshX8NKctQ